A Hefty Ranking Of André The Giant’s Top Appearances Outside Of The Ring

Today is André the Giant’s birthday. If he was still with us, he would have been 69. In honor of the big guy’s big day, we’re going to be looking at a slightly different side of his career. In terms of both size and star power, André was one of the biggest celebrities in the world at the height of career, which led to a lot of varied non-wrestling work. TV shows, commercials, movies, the talk show circuit, the giant did it all.

So, here’s a definitive ranking of André the Giant’s appearances outside of the squared circle…

That will always be a favorite episode. There’s even a line in the original SMDM episode where Lee Majors asks if Andre as Bigfoot is female, and it kind of feels like he might have ulterior motives for asking.

Nope, I’m not buying it. You put Princess Bride second solely to get upset readers to leave a comment about how big of an idiot you are so that you could boost your numbers. So kudos, it worked…… you idiot.

That pic of Bigfoot next to Andre at the top of the article is not him. The part of Bigfoot was also played by Ted Cassidy, who was Lurch on the Addams Family, And you can tell in that photo. Look at the noses.

It’s definitely a troll bait to put the Princess Bride at #2 instead of that Six Million Dollar Man episode. I remember watching that episode and saying to myself, “Well that one was weird.” I loved Six Million Dollar Man. Heck, I even had the action figure that came with a helicopter that swooped in and snagged it up. But that episode was cheesy with a capital CHEESE. Lol